Frank S. Levy

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies & Planning

77 Massachusetts Avenue

Room 9-316

Cambridge, MA 02139

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1.

Can Robots Be Lawyers? Computers, Lawyers, and the Practice of Law

Number of pages: 77 Posted: 11 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2016
Dana Remus and Frank S. Levy
University of North Carolina School of Law and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies & Planning
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Legal Profession, Lawyering, Technology, Rule of Law

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Inequality and Institutions in 20th Century America

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Inequality and Institutions in 20th Century America

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 07-17
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 07 May 2007
Frank S. Levy and Peter Temin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies & Planning and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Income inequality, Institutions, Treaty of Detroit, Washington Consensus

Inequality and Institutions in 20th Century America

NBER Working Paper No. w13106
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 27 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2021
Frank S. Levy and Peter Temin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies & Planning and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Computers and Populism: Artificial Intelligence, Jobs and Politics in the Near Term

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 28 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2018
Frank S. Levy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies & Planning
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Populism, Artificial Intelligence, Computers, Future of Work

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Dropouts, Taxes and Risk: The Economic Return to College under Realistic Assumptions

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2015
Alan Benson, Raimundo Esteva and Frank S. Levy
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management, Independent and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies & Planning
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Higher Education, Educational Investment, Returns to Education

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The Skill Content of Recent Technological Change: An Empirical Exploration

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The Skill Content of Recent Technological Change: An Empirical Exploration

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 08 Jun 2001
David H. Autor, Frank S. Levy and Richard J. Murnane
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies & Planning and Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Technological Change, Inequality, Computerization, Labor Demand, Demand for Skill

The Skill Content of Recent Technological Change: An Empirical Exploration

NBER Working Paper No. w8337
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 16 Jun 2001 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2022
David H. Autor, Frank S. Levy and Richard J. Murnane
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies & Planning and Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Upstairs, Downstairs: Computers and Skills on Two Floors of a Large Bank

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Upstairs, Downstairs: Computers and Skills on Two Floors of a Large Bank

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 21 Sep 2001
David H. Autor, Frank S. Levy and Richard J. Murnane
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies & Planning and Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Skill biased technological change, computers, banking

Upstairs, Downstairs: Computers and Skills on Two Floors of a Large Bank

Posted: 30 Oct 2001
David H. Autor, Frank S. Levy and Richard J. Murnane
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies & Planning and Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education

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Is College Worth It? The Economic Return to College Adjusted for Dropouts, Taxes, and Risk

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 11 Feb 2017
Alan Benson, Raimundo Esteva and Frank S. Levy
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management, Independent and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies & Planning
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Higher education, general skills

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The Growing Importance of Cognitive Skills in Wage Determination

NBER Working Paper No. w5076
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 26 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 16 May 2022
Richard J. Murnane, John B. Willett and Frank S. Levy
Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies & Planning
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Standards, Information, and the Demand for Student Achievement

Economic Policy Review, Vol. 4, No. 1, March 1998
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 23 Oct 2007
Richard J. Murnane and Frank S. Levy
Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies & Planning
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education, schools

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Upstairs, Downstairs: Computer-Skill Complementarity and Computer-Labor Substitution on Two Floors of a Large Bank

NBER Working Paper No. w7890
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 11 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2022
David H. Autor, Frank S. Levy and Richard J. Murnane
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies & Planning and Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education
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The Future Path and Consequences of the U.S. Earnings Gap

Economic Policy Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1995
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 16 Nov 2007
Frank S. Levy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies & Planning
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earnings gap, low income households, inequality, college

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Are Lots of College Graduates Taking High School Jobs? A Reconsiderationof the Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w5127
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 16 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 05 Jan 2022
John H. Tyler, Richard J. Murnane and Frank S. Levy
Brown University - Taubman Center for Public Policy, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies & Planning
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Offshoring Professional Services: Institutions and Professional Control

British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 758-783, December 2010
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Oct 2010
Kyoung-Hee Yu and Frank S. Levy
University of New South Wales (UNSW) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies & Planning
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The International Teleradiology Industry: Successes and Failures

iHEA 2007 6th World Congress: Explorations in Health Economics Paper
Posted: 28 Jun 2007
Frank S. Levy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies & Planning

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teleradiology, offshoring